A violent, knife-wielding thug has convicted today of murdering a young actor who appears in the latest Harry Potter film.
Karl Bishop, 22, armed himself with two kitchen knives to confront Rob Knox and his friends outside the Metro bar in Sidcup, south east London, last May. Bystanders saw his face “screwed up in rage” as he lashed out with the blades, stabbing his victims at least 10 times in less than two minutes.
Rob, 18, had rushed outside to try to protect his younger brother Jamie after hearing that Bishop had threatened him. But he ended up being stabbed five times, once fatally in a main artery. He died in hospital later that night. Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said: “Unhappily, his courage and his sense of duty were to cost him his life.”...
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